Siheyuan: I am a trader in both worlds!

Mining gold at sea?

I must say, this description is surprisingly apt.

Although nature is indeed a notorious loan shark, with exceptionally high interest rates, an exceptionally black heart, and exceptionally strict enforcement!

But as long as you take good care of it and make it comfortable, it will be very powerful and generous!

Like these fish, if there are benefits, people are really willing to share them!
We should control the fishing intensity a bit, and not go too far, like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

This thing is even more reliable than mining for gold!
After all, no matter how large the gold mine's reserves are, it will eventually be exhausted!
But as long as the roots are still there, this can make a steady stream of money every year, and a lot of money at that!
Thinking this, Bai Ling also began to feel impatient.

Especially after Ximen Lang had just sent a large number of gold-devouring behemoths to the capital.

Forced by these money-devouring behemoths, Bai Ling didn't even want to think about love and romance anymore. All she could think about was making money as quickly as possible to support these money-devouring behemoths!
After all, what's the point of talking if you don't have money?

If we don't have the money to support these money-devouring behemoths, then they'll truly become nothing more than pretty but useless spearheads!
This is something that Bai Ling and the people of Beijing absolutely cannot accept!

Fortunately, such a huge market naturally existed in later generations!

Almost immediately, Bai Ling had the idea of ​​quickly getting Ximen Lang to bring the catch over so that she could join hands with the future generation and make a lot of money together.

We saw a mediocre shark that we accidentally pulled up, and it was already on the boat, still munching on food, and it was eating the most expensive kind, because the environment wasn't suitable for it to survive. In total, we didn't catch many top-quality large yellow croakers.

Enraged, Bai Ling took three steps at a time and jumped directly into the school of fish, arriving right next to the shark.

Then, a big slap went straight to the shark's head.

The shark was stunned by the blow, and Simon Lang was also dumbfounded.

This wild yellow croaker, torn apart by a shark, was clearly beyond saving.

Feeling sorry for the shark, Bai Ling immediately pulled out her pistol, ready to use an American-style Iaijutsu to give the blind shark a real whack.

Startled, Ximen Lang quickly stopped him, trying every possible way to persuade him.

Finally, it comes down to the principle that sharks are also part of nature, and that survival of the fittest applies to all living things.
"Sharks can be sold for money once they grow up! Especially shark fins, the bigger the shark, the more expensive they are!"

They calmed the furious Bai Ling down and rescued the ignorant little shark from her grasp.

He patted the little shark's head and gave it instructions.
"Hurry up and listen to me! We're counting on selling your shark fins for more money!"

After saying that, he threw the baby shark back into the sea.

Then, Bai Ling was just about to urge Ximen Lang to stop wandering around outside and hurry up and sail the boat back. After that, he should take the catch and go to Xia Yiyi to sell it for money.

They had barely managed to catch a few fish along the way when new problems arose.

"What problem? What problem do you think it is? What else could it be? It's obviously about how to keep things fresh and how to store them!"

You should know that live fish and dead fish, fresh fish and dead fish, are completely different prices!
Especially for top-quality catches, the price can be several times higher!
Even if some rare fish species, such as wild large yellow croaker, are relatively difficult to raise.

Due to the sudden drop in water pressure, even if one tries their best, it is difficult to survive for more than 24 hours.

Even if the survival time is short, when it is sold by the authorities in Beijing, it must be fresh, right?

You can't sell someone else's stinky food, can you?
However, the foundation of Beijing in this regard is basically zero.

If it weren't for the fact that Simon Lang had previously gifted a batch of refrigerated transport trucks to the Four Nine City World, even the word "basic" at the beginning of the name would have to be removed!
There's absolutely no foundation, let alone any technical skills. You're just spouting nonsense!
"At that time, the daily catch will be tens of tons, or even hundreds of tons. With so many fish, what are you going to do with them? Where do you plan to store them?"

what?
Let Ximen Lang run around more often and help send more things to future generations.

Let's not even talk about the fact that Ximen Lang could play a much greater role elsewhere than being a porter here, or that he would never do that.

Take the coastline of Beijing as an example.
That coastline is a full 1.8 kilometers long!
With such a long coastline, even if you work Ximen Lang to death, even if you treat him like a beast of burden, he still won't be able to keep up!

Therefore, it is urgent to help the authorities in Beijing improve the cold chain system of Beijing World as soon as possible.

"First and foremost, the catch must be flash-frozen immediately. This is absolutely the top priority. Although the fishing boats I brought this time are basically equipped with high-purity brine quick-freezing tanks at -50°C, which can instantly lock in the freshness of the catch."

"But we also need to consider your small fishing boats that don't have brine quick-freezing tanks. The catch they make is still a catch, and it's worth a lot of money, plus there's a lot of it! We absolutely can't let that go!"

"Furthermore, even if these catches are frozen on the ship, they generally need to be frozen again on land for safety reasons to prevent spoilage during transit. Therefore, it is imperative to set up a sufficient number of cold storage facilities along the coast!"

"Secondly, there's the issue of building enough cold storage facilities! With so much fish, you need somewhere to store them first. Once you've accumulated enough, you can transport them all at once. So, cold storage facilities are essential! Not only do we need them, but we need plenty!"

"Finally, the main force for transshipment, refrigerated ships and refrigerated container trucks, we need to get them all in place as soon as possible! Otherwise, with this fishing speed and our current transportation capacity, you could work them to death and still not be able to transport them all!"

As for a complete cold chain, essential links include sales, etc.
"That's not something we need to worry about, because that's our responsibility. All we need to do is put the catch in the cold storage, and our task here is complete. Then you can just wait to count the money! So, we don't need to consider that aspect."

"No, let me think about it."

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Seeing that Ximen Lang still didn't understand, Bai Ling said speechlessly.

"Boss, we also need to supplement our protein intake. Look how thin we've become on this journey. Many people were perfectly fine, but at night they can't see anything at all; they've become blind."

"I know that. It's a typical case of night blindness. Just eat more nutritious food, or as we often say, eat well, and you'll get better soon."

"So where do these nutrients come from?"

When asked about the source of these nutrients, Ximen Lang fell silent.

Ximen Lang fell silent, which gave Bai Ling something to say.

"Look, you don't even know where to get the nutrition you need. Besides getting it from these fish, where else can you get it?"

"But fish doesn't have much nutritional value."

Even if it's not very nutritious, it's still better than nothing.

This is true.
"Then we can only build more food processing plants in the coastal and surrounding areas. Because it's definitely not cost-effective to do cold chain transportation here, you can't afford it, and people don't have the purchasing power. So, canned food processing plants are indispensable."

I think the cannery's idea is brilliant. It can both dispose of the surplus fish in a timely manner and create a lot of jobs in Beijing.

This includes the cold storage plants mentioned earlier, the jobs created during transportation, and the population that needs to be absorbed by vigorous development and construction.
"It's at least hundreds of thousands of jobs, and it could easily be over a million! And they're all respectable jobs, jobs that offer both prestige and substance!"

"Just like the slaughterhouse, these are all jobs that are no less prestigious than the eight major positions! This is amazing, Bai Ling, this is really amazing! The employees have an advantage in the matchmaking market compared to other companies!" Bai Ling certainly knew that these positions were very advantageous in the matchmaking market.

Not to mention in the dating market, even looking at the whole country, that's a top-notch job!

But this often means the employment of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.
Although Beijing has a large population, with a total of 6 million people.

"But where am I supposed to find so many high-quality workers for you?!"

This is not a joke by Bai Ling; it is a real problem that Beijing is currently facing.

"Let me calculate for you. The lighter factory that is under construction is losing millions, even tens of millions of workers. And the drivers, that's hundreds of thousands, even millions of workers."

"And then there's the construction industry, with its massive construction projects like bridges and roads, which consumes a huge amount of labor, often requiring a shortage of tens of millions of workers! Soon, base stations will also need to be built in various places, and there are factories and workshops you're setting up along the way, as well as compulsory education and Project Hope, which have already been fully implemented—everywhere you look, people are needed!"

"If you take away the infants, students, and elderly people from the 6 million population, the labor force is at most 3 million! Most of them are still farming in the villages and can't leave! In this situation, where do you expect me to find so many high-quality laborers?"

There is such a thing.

This was something Ximen Lang never expected.

It wasn't that he hadn't expected the labor shortage in Beijing to be so severe, but rather that he hadn't expected that in just a few months, he would have brought about such a significant change in Beijing.

Not long ago, the "Down to the Countryside Movement" was in full swing in Beijing.

The goal is to solve the problem of surplus urban labor.

But now, in just a few months, the situation has been completely reversed.

The labor shortage has reached the point where they have to go to the countryside to recruit people, and even then, it's extremely difficult to find workers.

this.
how to say?

It felt surprisingly good!

Moreover, the more Bai Ling had a headache, the more accomplished Ximen Lang felt!
Satisfied, Ximen Lang began to offer Bai Ling some advice.

"Didn't they call for people to go to the countryside a while ago? Stop that immediately! Bring everyone back and send them all to the factories."

"The 'Down to the Countryside Movement' has been stopped long ago, okay? Besides, there were only a few people involved, what good could it do?"

That's true, because it's only the beginning, and there aren't many people responding to the call to go to the countryside yet.

“Then just recruit people directly from the villages! Didn’t you say that most of the labor force is in the countryside? Recruit directly from the source and solve the problem at its root.”

"This is already underway, but the problem is that many people are simply unwilling to leave their hometowns to work in the city; they can't bear to part with their few acres of land. No matter how much you persuade them or how high the pay is, they just won't budge. What can you do about that?"

A deep-rooted attachment to one's homeland is something that Chinese people have cherished for generations.

Especially these days, people really don't want to leave their hometown unless absolutely necessary.

What's the key?
"The key issue is that so much land needs to be cultivated, and we have to consider that as well. After all, the land can't be left uncultivated no matter what."

"We need people to farm, but we also need to find ways to bring people in from the village. So it's a real dilemma. This period has really put us in a difficult position."

"That's it."

After opening his mouth for a long time, Ximen Lang still couldn't think of anything else to say or any other way to solve his current predicament.

Fine, whatever, I'm not going to think about it anymore.

"Anyway, I warned you long ago that industry is bound to compete with agriculture for people. I've definitely given you the warnings I needed to. If you can't solve it, don't blame me. I'm out of ideas."

Actually, there is another solution that is not a complete solution: to build large-scale farms.

Concentrate all the land in one area and implement highly automated, mechanized farming.

In this way, the workforce can become wealthy.

But there are two problems.

First, Sijiucheng World has absolutely no experience in this area, and there is a fear that some unforeseen disasters may occur during the implementation process.

Another point is that they simply didn't have enough money to buy the equipment and technology from later generations, nor did they have enough people to operate such equipment effectively.

Of course, they could also follow the example of later rural areas and directly contract out the land to future generations.

At that time, we can just collect the land rent on an annual basis.

If that's really the case, future generations would definitely be willing.

Even if the land rent is higher, future generations will definitely be willing to actively participate and contract all the land.

But after this whole thing, the people in Beijing started to have all sorts of fears and hesitations.

No matter what, they're helpless and conflicted. It would be strange if Bai Ling and the others didn't have a headache!
But I really can't think of any good solutions.

Bai Ling decided to just give up, just like Ximen Lang.

"Anyway, there are definitely people who have a bigger headache than me, so let them suffer more and share my headache too. I'm out of ideas."

Thinking this, Bai Ling's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

That was so easy!

In just a moment, Bai Ling fell in love with this feeling of giving up.

He kept repeating it in his mind.
"It's not my fault, it's all Ah Lang's fault. He's the one who led me astray. Lao Luo and the others will definitely understand me. Yes, they definitely will understand me!"

Bai Ling, who initially questioned, then came to understand, and finally became someone like Ximen Lang, completely relaxed.

Then, Bai Ling became anxious again.

The reason is simple: this modern fishing boat beneath our feet is incredibly efficient at catching fish! (End of Chapter)